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Horrible sacrifice of life.

--At Lagos west coast of Africa, Nov. 8th, it was stated that the King of Dahomey was continuing his wholesale sacrifice of human life. The number already murdered at this one ceremony is 1,700, and many more await a similar fate — the king considering that sufficient honor is not done to the memory of his late father until he has sacrificed 2,500. He had detained ten European traders at Abomey to witness these shocking ceremonies:

The Daily Dispatch: December 31, 1860. Richmond Dispatch. 4 pages. by Cowardin & Hammersley. Richmond. December 31, 1860. microfilm. Ann Arbor, Mi : Proquest. 1 microfilm reel ; 35 mm.

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